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TIL about phantom islands, islands which were included on maps for a period of time, but were later found not to exist

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7roL7 TIL That J. R. R. Tolkien began work on The Hobbit one day early in the 1930s, when he was marking School papers. He found a blank page. Suddenly inspired, he wrote the words, “In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.”
aDm9 TIL that in 2017 the remaining JFK assassination files will be released
neNOW The university city of Tübingen, in southwest Germany, is testing free public transportation for all residents.
8aep8 TIL In Japan sumo wrestlers are not allowed to drive cars.
9vNG TIL there’s a pill that decreases the risk of contracting HIV by 99%